Lassen Senior Services Inc Information

Lassen Senior Services is a non-profit organization that provides services to the senior sector of Lassen County. Programs are implemented in Bieber, Doyle, Susanville and Westwood. It is governed by a Board which consists of 4 Officers and 7 Board Members with representation from each of these areas. This Board makes any and all decisions regarding the operation of these programs. Diane Grose was hired by this Board as Executive Director to oversee the daily management of the Lassen Senior Services. he carries out this Board's directives. Recently there have been a series of articles pertaining to the actions taken by the Lassen Senior Services Director (Diane Grose) in the Bieber area. These articles which were in the Lassen County Times, the Mountain Echo papers and BigValleyNews.net accused Diane Grose of making decisions pertaining to the operation of the program in Bieber. These decisions were made by the Board of Directors only and given to her to implement. Had Diane failed to do as the Board directed her, she would have been subjected to termination. Due to recent funding cuts, decisions to reduce staffing in the Bieber and Susanville sites were necessary. As to the transportation issues, we are not reducing any current trips that are being made. Lassen Senior Services Board of Directors would like it to be known that we stand fully behind Diane Grose. Diane and this Board have at no time indicated that the Bieber site was to be closed. (editor's note: Not quite true, although it was never stated that the site would be closed, the official policy statement did say that congregate meals at the Bieber Nutrition Site would be temporarily suspended effective 9/15/2005 until a Site Manager can be hired.